Despite Canada spending nearly $200 billion on health care in 2011, recent studies like the 2012 Wait Time Alliance Report Card show efforts to improve hospital wait times have reached a plateau. Next week, many of Canada’s leading health-care decision …
Month: August 2012
NFL coming to Western
The NFL is making their way to Western next month, part of a seven-campus visit across Ontario and Quebec to support and celebrate Canadian university football.
Ivey professor earns top educator award
Earlier this month the renowned Academy of Management presented Ivey professor Paul Beamish with their International Management Outstanding Educator Award.
Retired professor hits the stage
So, what does a retired professor do with his spare time? For John Palmer, who taught economics at Western for 40 years, the answer is take up acting.
Student paper wins national award
Western Law student Dina Milivojevic has won first place in the 2012 Insolvency Institute of Canada’s Law Student Writing Award Competition.
Schulich welcomes 172 first-year medical students
Western will welcome 172 first-year medical students to the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry with a White Coat Ceremony this Wednesday.
Philosopher named among year’s best
A paper by Western Philosophy professor Wayne Myrvold has been named among the 10 Best Papers of 2011 by Philosopher’s Annual.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Andrew Forgione
Going from high school jock to university government, Andrew Forgione has experienced it all.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Jie Li
Jie Li, or as her peers at university call her, ‘Sophia,’ graduated King’s University College as a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student with a degree in Finance and Global Commerce.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Amanda Spadafora
Amanda Spadafora graduated from the Faculty of Health Studies with an honours specialization in Health Science and a minor in Biology.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Samantha Goverde
Samantha Goverde is a fourth-year Honours Specialization (Sociology) student, with a major in Leadership, at Brescia University College.
Fall Perspectives on Teaching
Academic integrity will be a keynote theme at the Western’s 2012 Fall Perspectives on Teaching conference, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 24.
Experiential learning paying off
Through the use of the Online Health Program Planner, a tool created by Public Health Ontario, a soon-to-be-implemented peer nutrition education program by and for university students looks to help enhance critical thinking skills.
NFL coming to Western
The NFL is making their way to Western next month, part of a seven-campus visit across Ontario and Quebec to support and celebrate Canadian university football.
Ivey professor earns top educator award
Earlier this month the renowned Academy of Management presented Ivey professor Paul Beamish with their International Management Outstanding Educator Award.
Retired professor hits the stage
So, what does a retired professor do with his spare time? For John Palmer, who taught economics at Western for 40 years, the answer is take up acting.
Student paper wins national award
Western Law student Dina Milivojevic has won first place in the 2012 Insolvency Institute of Canada’s Law Student Writing Award Competition.
Schulich welcomes 172 first-year medical students
Western will welcome 172 first-year medical students to the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry with a White Coat Ceremony this Wednesday.
Philosopher named among year’s best
A paper by Western Philosophy professor Wayne Myrvold has been named among the 10 Best Papers of 2011 by Philosopher’s Annual.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Andrew Forgione
Going from high school jock to university government, Andrew Forgione has experienced it all.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Jie Li
Jie Li, or as her peers at university call her, ‘Sophia,’ graduated King’s University College as a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student with a degree in Finance and Global Commerce.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Amanda Spadafora
Amanda Spadafora graduated from the Faculty of Health Studies with an honours specialization in Health Science and a minor in Biology.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Samantha Goverde
Samantha Goverde is a fourth-year Honours Specialization (Sociology) student, with a major in Leadership, at Brescia University College.
Fall Perspectives on Teaching
Academic integrity will be a keynote theme at the Western’s 2012 Fall Perspectives on Teaching conference, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 24.
Experiential learning paying off
Through the use of the Online Health Program Planner, a tool created by Public Health Ontario, a soon-to-be-implemented peer nutrition education program by and for university students looks to help enhance critical thinking skills.